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PLANT SPACING DAYS TO MATURITY

( cm ) PLANTS / HA X1000

WARM COOL IN ROW BETWEEN

AVERAGE SEED PER GRAM

SEED REQUIREMENT ( Kg / Ha )

COMMON PESTS

Garden Beans 55 65 7 50 285 4-5 75 Bollworm

Beetroot 80 110 10 20 450 50-60 8 Aphids

Broccoli 70 90 40 70 36 225 0.2

Diamondback Moth Aphids

Butternut 90 120 50 100 20 8-10 3 Fruit Fly

Cabbage 80 110 40 50 30 300 0.2

Diamondback Moth Aphids

COMMON DISEASES

Rust Anthracnose Halo Blight

Cercospora Rhizoctonia

Black Rot White Blister

Gummy Stem Blight Anthracnose

Black Rot Club-root Sclerotinia

Carrot 90 120 3 15 1100 800 2 Nematodes Alternaria

Cucumber Field

Cucumber Tunnel

85 110 40 70 36 240 0.2

60 85 40 150 16 40 16 000 Seeds

65 85 45 150 16 40 3 per m

Eggplant 75 90 50 75 27 220 0.15

Gem Squash Semi- bush

Gem Squash Vine

Hubbard Squash

Diamondback Moth Aphids

Red Spidermite Aphids

Red Spidermite Aphids

Thrips Aphids

Black Rot Club-root

Fusarium Powdery Mildew Downy Mildew

Fusarium Powdery Mildew Downy Mildew

Powdery Mildew

50 70 35 150 18-22 10-12 4 Pumpkin Fly Powdery Mildew

55 80 50 150 14 10-12 2 Aphids Virus Diseases

110 130 100 150 7 6 1.5

Lettuce 50 70 30 60 55 800-1000 0.05-0.07

Marrows 35 55 40 150 18 8-10 2.5

Pumpkin Fly Aphids

Aphids Leafminer

Fruit Fly

Melon 85 100 40 150 16 20 1 Fruit Fly

Onions 170 190 8 20 850-1000 250 3.5 Thrips

Peppers 70 85 40 150 30-35 150 0.25

Pumpkin Semi-bush

Pumpkin Vine

90 120 80 180 8 4 2

120 140 100 180 5 4 1.5

Sweet corn 75 100 20 90 55 8 8

Aphids Thrips

Pumpkin Fly Cutworm

Pumpkin Fly Cutworm

Stalk Borer Bollworm

Powdery Mildew

Powdery Mildew Bacterial Rot

Virus Diseases Powdery Mildew

Anthracnose Fusarium Root Rot

White Bulb Rot Pink Root Rot Alternaria

Virus Diseases Phytophthora Root Rot

Powdery Mildew Fruit Rots

Powdery Mildew Fruit Rots

Swiss chard 60 75 20 45 200 60 4-6 Aphids Cercospora

Rust NCLB

Blight Bacterial Wilt Viruses

Gummy Stem Blight Anthracnose